Training

PUB. DATE

January 2009

SOURCE

Soldiers;Jan2009, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Image

ABSTRACT

Several photographs of U.S. soldiers undergoing training are presented including soldiers participating in infantry squad battle course training on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, soldiers parachuting out of an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft, and Specialist Daniel Farrier rescuing a mannequin from a damaged vehicle.

Describes a process for helping squad, platoon, and company officer identify tasks for unit training as well as the supporting relationship of that task to the battalion's Mission Essential Task List in the United States. Foundation for defining the battalion's training program.

Deals with planning platoon training program in the United States. Using doctrine as a basis for training; Determining platoon collective tasks; Developing a hierarchy of tasks; Assessing training in the platoon; Productive working relationship between the platoon leader and the platoon sergeant.

Describes a military training technique that serves as a model for company teams preparing for a National Training Center rotation in the United States. Alpha Team's mission of providing the intelligence and electronic warfare support; Critical tasks of individual and collective training...

Reviews the implementation of recommendations made by the US House Armed Services Committee Panel on Military Education about joint professional military education (JPME). Joint education at the command and staff colleges; Military education in the 1930s and 1990s; Formal schooling; In-unit...

Reports on the announcement of the Army Vice chief of staff to reduce the number of positions and courses at the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Courses affected; Includes TEMPEST testing; WIZARD maintenance; Impact of proposed cuts.